About Kuknai Village

Kuknai is a mid sized village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 403 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuknai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuknai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	306.23 hectares
Population	742
Male Population	403
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuknai compares

By the 2011 count Kuknai is the 16th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 306.23 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Kuknai

Kuknai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kuknai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kuknai from other places

Kuknai lies about 24 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 29 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kuknai
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	24 km
District headquarters	Champawat	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	29 km
Nearest town	Haldwani	32 km

Villages closest to Kuknai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poornagiri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kuknai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuknai village had a population of 742. That makes it the 16th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Kuknai village has 403 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuknai has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Kuknai is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuknai covers 306.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuknai falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuknai is Kathgodam, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kuknai.

Kuknai is about 24 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuknai is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Poornagiri is about 24 km away. Champawat is about 24 km away. Kathgodam is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.